scholarly journals MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGE IN DIALECT VOCABULARY — COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF 250 YEARS OF LANGUAGE CHANGE —

Dialectologia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Language Change ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis

scholarly journals Coding and behaviour of Estonian subjects

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Metslang
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Specific Approach ◽  
Subject Category ◽  
Grammatical Relations ◽  
Limited Degree

This study is a construction-specific approach to subjecthood in Estonian. It has grown out of Croft’s (2001) view that due to the diversity of the syntactic roles’ distribution across constructions, there is a need for a shift in grammars to construction- specific syntactic roles. However, in order to compare different arguments, it is also necessary to employ a global cross-constructional subject category. This study treats subjecthood as a set of properties that is represented on arguments to a different degree. The study provides a comprehensive analysis of Estonian prototypical subjects and subject-like arguments (10 in total) from the viewpoint of a large number of morphosyntactic criteria (16). The study is an attempt to apply multivariate analysis on the arguments’ syntactic behaviour research. The paper claims that most Estonian subject-like arguments only show subjecthood properties to a limited degree. Supportive data is provided for the Hierarchy of Grammatical Relations Constructions.

Culturally conditioned language change? A multivariate analysis of genitive constructions in ARCHER

2014 ◽  
pp. 133-152
Author(s):  
Benedikt Szmrecsanyi ◽  
Anette Rosenbach ◽  
Joan Bresnan ◽  
Christoph Wolk
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Language Change

Recent changes in the function and frequency of Standard English genitive constructions: a multivariate analysis of tagged corpora

2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 437-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
LARS HINRICHS ◽  
BENEDIKT SZMRECSANYI
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Language Change ◽  
Standard English ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Large Database ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Phonological Constraints ◽  
The Press ◽  
Text Length

This study of present-day English genitive variation is based on all interchangeable instances of s- and of-genitives from the ‘Reportage’ and ‘Editorial’ categories of the ‘Brown family’ of corpora. Variation is studied by tapping into a number of independent variables, such as precedence of either construction in the text, length of the possessor and possessum phrases, phonological constraints, discourse flow, and animacy of the possessor. In addition to distributional analyses, we use logistic regression to investigate the probabilistic factor weights of these variables, thus tracking language change in progress as evidenced in the language of the press. This method, married to our large database, yields the most detailed perspective to date on frequently discussed issues, such as the relative importance of possessor animacy and end-weight in genitive choice (cf. most recently Rosenbach 2005), or on the exact factorial dynamics responsible for the ongoing spread of the s-genitive.

Dissecting analogical leveling quantitatively: The case of the innovative potential suffix in Tôkyô Japanese

1993 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenjirô Matsuda
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Language Change ◽  
Apparent Lack ◽  
Factor I ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Tokyo Japanese ◽  
Principled Explanation ◽  
Innovative Potential ◽  
Sociological Variable ◽  
Complex Length

ABSTRACTAnalogical leveling in progress of a potential suffix in Tôkyô Japanese is analyzed within a quantitative paradigm. The phenomenon, whereby an innovative potential and a conservative potential alternate, is shown through a multivariate analysis to be controlled by five factors: sociological variable complex, length of the verb stem, conjugation pattern of the verb, the following inflectional form, and embeddedness of the clause containing the suffix. Most of the linguistic constraints are observed crosslinguistically in language change or variation, giving further credibility to the analysis. Although traditional frequency-based theory of analogical leveling would predict stem frequency to be a possible factor, I demonstrate that it is not in this case. As a principled explanation for this apparent lack of contribution from frequency, the Revised Frequency Hypothesis is proposed.

Statistical analysis of classification

1966 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 188-189
Author(s):  
T. J. Deeming
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Classification Scheme ◽  
Analytical Procedure ◽  
Narrow Band ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Maximum Amount ◽  
Amount Of Information

If we make a set of measurements, such as narrow-band or multicolour photo-electric measurements, which are designed to improve a scheme of classification, and in particular if they are designed to extend the number of dimensions of classification, i.e. the number of classification parameters, then some important problems of analytical procedure arise. First, it is important not to reproduce the errors of the classification scheme which we are trying to improve. Second, when trying to extend the number of dimensions of classification we have little or nothing with which to test the validity of the new parameters.Problems similar to these have occurred in other areas of scientific research (notably psychology and education) and the branch of Statistics called Multivariate Analysis has been developed to deal with them. The techniques of this subject are largely unknown to astronomers, but, if carefully applied, they should at the very least ensure that the astronomer gets the maximum amount of information out of his data and does not waste his time looking for information which is not there. More optimistically, these techniques are potentially capable of indicating the number of classification parameters necessary and giving specific formulas for computing them, as well as pinpointing those particular measurements which are most crucial for determining the classification parameters.

1197: Prognostic Value of Hemoglobin Change after Initiation of Androgen Deprivations Therapy for Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Prostate Cancer: A Multivariate Analysis of Swog 8894

2006 ◽  
Vol 175 (4S) ◽  
pp. 385-386
Author(s):  
Tomasz M. Beer ◽  
Bryan H. Goldman ◽  
Catherine M. Tangen ◽  
Lisa B. Bland ◽  
Maha Hussain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Prognostic Value ◽  
Metastatic Prostate Cancer ◽  
Newly Diagnosed

1118: The Incidence and Duration of Postoperative Ileus in Patients Undergoing Radical Cystectomy. A Multivariate Analysis of Contributing Factors

2005 ◽  
Vol 173 (4S) ◽  
pp. 303-303
Author(s):  
Diana Wiessner ◽  
Rainer J. Litz ◽  
Axel R. Heller ◽  
Mitko Georgiev ◽  
Oliver W. Hakenberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Radical Cystectomy ◽  
Postoperative Ileus ◽  
Contributing Factors
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